BATH COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Farnifold Green, 26 Oct 1711
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North Carolina Wills and Inventories
in the Office of the Secretary of State
J. Bryan Grimes
Secretary of State
...
Raleigh, North Carolina
Edwards and Broughton Printing Company
1912
Will of
Farnifold Green
In the Name of God Amen. I, Farnifold Green, in County of Bath & Province of
No. Carolina, Planter, being of a Sound & perfect memory, but Seriously
Considering ye Frailty & uncertain State of ye Life at all times, Especially
Especially in ye dreadfull times of Almighty God’s Visitation by Sword & fier
under which we tremble & to wch. do humbly submitt, I do make & Ordain and
Constitute ys my last Will & Testament, In manner & form following, Vizt:
First, I render my Speritt in ye hands of Almighty God, my Creator,
stedfastly trusting in Jesus Christ, my Redeemer, for ye free remission of
all; my Body to be buryed after ye discretion of my Executrix hereafter
mentioned.
I give, Devise & bequeath all yt Tract of Land whereon my now Dwelling
House stand w’th all its buildings Improvem’ts & appurtenances, beginning at a
Live Oak w’th Severall Forks Standing at ye upper Side of ye first long Gutt
below my house, near ye Mouth of ye Gutt being w’th several marks; thence
running up ye River to a Corner Pine betwixt me & ____ Dawson, Esqr., Standing
near a small Marsh & by ye Dawsons old Corn Feild fence, & running from ye
forementioned Live Oak up ye afst. Gutt; thence into ye woods No. untill three
quarters of a mile from ye River be Compleated; thence by a Line run an equal
Distance from ye River to ye afsd. Dawsons Line. And also, one Plantacon and
all my lands Lying ye Lower side of broad Creek on ye No. side of Neus River,
neer to Piney point & near ye mouth of ye sd. River, unto my Son, Thos. Green,
& to ye heirs of his Body for ever.
I give, Devise, & bequeath a Plantacon, with a Tract of land Beginning
at a Live Oak neer to ye mouth of ye Gutt aforesd. so running down ye sd.
River of Neus three quarters of a mile, thence No. Cross into ye Woods half a
mile, and from ye aforementioned Live Oak No. One mile, And from there to ye
End of ye Lower half mile Line, with all the Improvem’ts & Appurtenances
thereto belonging; And also, my Entry and right to one Tract of Land Lying and
being on ye lower side of ye first broad Creek above Captn. Jams. Beards
Creek, begining a quarter of a Mile above ye Indian landing, by Computation
thence down ye sd. Creek half a mile, with all ye Priviledges & appurtenances
thereto belonging unto my Son, John Green, & to ye Heirs of his Body for
ever; And for want of such Heirs to my Son, Farnifold Green, & the heirs of
his Body for ever; & for want of heirs of ye sd. Farnifold Green, to my son,
James Green, & ye Heirs of his body for ever; & for want of Heirs of ye sd.
Jams. Green, to my two Daughters, Elizabeth & Jane Green, & their Heirs for
ever.
I give, divise & bequeath a Tract of Land begining at my cupper Corner
Tree, on ye Creek, & running down ye Creek to ye first branch below the
Plantation whereon his Brother, Titus Green now Lives; thence to ye fork of ye
sd. branch, & thence up ye Westermist parts of ye branch to ye head a line
parele’ll ye head line quite a Cross to ye aforesaid Dawsons Line, unto him ye
sd. Titus Green, and his Heirs for ever.
All ye rest of my land in Greens Neck, whereon I now Live, I Give,
divise & bequeath to my two Sonns, Farnifold & Jam’s Green, to be divided into
two Equall parts by a Line Drawn from ye No. Most Corner of Jno. Green’s Land
to ye, Vizt: the upper part to Farnifold & ye heirs of his body for ever, and
ye other part to James & ye heirs of his body for ever, reserving to James
Egress & Regress into ye Woods through Farnifolds parts. And also, I give,
divise & bequeath unto my son, Farnifold, One Tract of Land Lying in Green
point neck on ye No. Side of Neus River & unto ye Heirs of his body for
ever.
I Give, divise & bequest ye Lower survey of Land wch. I made in Greens
bay of ye No. Side of Neus River to him & ye heirs of his body for ever,
Provided yt in my Will, yt in Case my Son Farnifold should dye without Heirs
of his Body, then all ye land hereby Divided unto him shall decend, be &
remain unto my sd. Son, James & ye Heirs of his Body for ever; And In Case my
se. Son James should dye without heirs of his Body as aforesaid, then all ye
Land Divided unto my Sons, Farnifold and James, shall Descend and be, remain
unto my Two Daughters, Elizabeth & Jane, & to their Heirs for ever.
I Give, Divise & Bequeath unto my Daughter in Law, Ann Smithick, one
Tract of Land Lying on ye No. side Neus River, Called Nottingame points, yses:
Two hundred & fifty Acres, to her & her Heirs forever.
I Give, divise & queath all ye rest of my Lands, Tenements or
hereditam’ts, not hereby before Divided I Give, divise & bequeath unto my
Loving Wife, Hannah Green, & her heirs for ever.
I Give & bequeath unto my Son, Thos. a Young black Mare branded with F
G & a Young gray Horse branded with F G on ye neer Butlock, and my bullet Gun,
one Feather Bed & boulter, one Pillow, one Rugg & two blankets & two sheets.
And unto my son Jno. One Negro Woman Called Fillis, one Trumpett
mussel Gun, One Gray Mare ab’t. two Years olf, branded w’th F G on ye neer
butlock.
And unto my Som, Farnifold, One Bay Mare branded w’th F G & her Coult
w’ch is now by her Side, & one half of a Sixty pound Bill of Exchange now sent
to Virginia, In Order for to be sent for England, & a Couple of Cows w’th Cow
Calves, & my black Gunn, to be mark’d in his proper Mark ye next Spring after
my Decease; ye Guns to be deliver’d to each of them well fixt & in good Order.
And to my Son, James, One Sorrel Mare branded w’th F G on ye near buttock,
and her Coult by her Side, & one Negro man Call’d Nick, and he other
half of ye afsd. Sixty pound Bill of Ex. as aforsd.
And my Will is yt my sons abovementioned’ shall be Deem’d at full Age
when they shall arrive at ye Age of Eighteen years respectively. And to my
two Daughters, Eliz. & Jane Green, I give & bequeath four young Cows w’th Cow
Calves with their female Increase to mark’d in their proper marks ye next
Spring after my Decease.
All ye rest of my goods & Chattells, rights & Creditts, my Debts being
pd. funerall Charges Defray’d, I Give, & Bequeath unto my Loving Wife, Hannah
Green, whom I also make 7 appoint my Sole Executrix of ys my last Will &
Testamn’t & utterly making Void all Wills & Testam’ts by me hereafter made.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto fixt my hand & Seale, this 26th.
day of October, Anno Dom., 1711.
(Interlined in ye 36th. Line, ye words Call’d Nottingame point).
/s/ Farn. E’G’ Green
Sign’d Seal’d & Publish’d in ye
Presence of us:
Titus Green.
Rt. Bruce
Edwd. Bredy.
-----(?) Fisher.
Recorded in Will Book 2, page 10.
Note: Farnifold Green married Hannah KENT, whose first husband was John
Smithwick. They had at least one child, a daughter Ann Smithwick, referred in
Farnifold Green’s will above as his “daughter in law,” evidently meaning in
today’s legal terminology that she was his step-daughter. Hannah Kent’s
parents were Thomas Kent and Ann CORNELL Kent. Ann Kent married Thomas Lepper
after her first husband’s death, thought to have been during an attack by
Tuscarora Indians. Ann Lepper was murdered by the Tuscaroras during the 1713-
14 Indian War. Hannah Kent Smithwick Green later married Richard Graves and
had at least two children by him. She also ran the ferry across a tributary
of the Neuse River not far from Turkey Quarter on the Old Washington Post Road
in what is now Craven County after Graves’s death. Her last husband was
George Linnington; they had no children. She is thought to have died after
1742.